Wrong Kind of Roguery A Worcester Pickets Tale
City Messenger recounts Patrick Flaherty of Worcester born Irish wit and stubborn picket duty during the Civil War. A guardsman who mispronounced Ticonderoga as Ticonderoga and fought for the countersign, earning the nickname Wrong Kind of Roguery that followed him through the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Warriner
Worcester
Flaherty
Viconderoga
Ines
Plaherty
Ticonderoga
Pat
Patrick
Tim
Ayther
Leutenant Avery
Springfield Republican
Fastening a Barrel Head and Creating a Shelf Door
An instructional snippet describes securing the lower barrel head, removing the upper head to place a middle shell, aligning with the barrel line, squaring one side, reattaching the second head, tightening hoops, and sawing a genshat sized door in the center to create a shelf that opens. Hinges are added to the door for operation.
Footwear in Cairo’s streets and the women who wear it
The New York Tribute describes Cairo footwear from peasant to hareem classes. It notes broad European inspired slippers, airy red or yellow house shoes, and gallery like satin slip-ons. It observes foot size variety, worn heels, and the color spectacle in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Hax
Matarieh
Herouan
New York
Laikas of Russia Provide Food, Sled Power and Clothing
Harding Cox surveys the laika, the northern Russian hunting dog. He notes the breed aids hunting from squirrels to wolves and draws sledges in polar swamps. The dogs’ coats, ears, and build are described as well as efforts to crossbreed with setters or retrievers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding Cox
London
Russia
Prince Schirinsky
Theories on Petroleum Origin and Lab Produced Hydrocarbons
The New York Ledger discusses petroleum production from linseed oil by distillation under pressure. It presents two origin theories—vegetable and animal—and suggests a possible combination. It notes animal and vegetable oils seeping underground could form petroleum, and highlights hydrocarbons arising from experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
New York Ledger
Elephant calls out shell game
A pohyaem complains that someone has tricked him with a shell game and discards a bag of empty peanut shells after the chimpanzee asks what happened in a Philadelphia North American item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Real Estate Man’s Rettéry Brief
Real estate agent says a newly described flat is available. The speaker notes their wife and they can have the flat for $25 a month or similar price, reflecting a brief sales pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opdike
Caid
Notable Women of Talent and Milestones Across Nation
A survey of women achieving firsts and honors: Evelyn Leney of Kansas at 17 earns recognition for invention profits. Mary Secord Packard becomes Johns Hopkins Medicine’s first woman doctor. Edith Rotch leaves 10,000 to Syracuse Shelter for Unprotected Girls for a new dormitory. Ellen Glasgow, under 25, author of The Descendant from Richmond. Edith Cornelia Rusa delegates to Auburn Universalist convention as first from Rome, NY. Isabel Darlington graduates cum laude as sole woman in a 74-student University of Pennsylvania law class. Mrs. John Blitch of Denver runs a zoological garden with an ostrich hitch. Sophie Gage and Alice P Henderson plan Arctic journey. Mrs. Ormiston Chant praises tobacco after a Turkish hunger test. Grover Cleveland attends Wellsville College commemoration and unveiling of a class memorial window dating to 1885.
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Evelyn
Leney
Kansas
Beagely
Philadelphia
Mary Secord
Packard
Bayonne
N. Jr
Johns Hopking University
Edith Rotch
Boston
Syracuse
Ellen Glasgow
Virginia
Richmond
Edith Cornelia Rusa
Rome
N. Y
Auburn
N.Y
Alice P. Henderson
Henderson
Ormiston Chant
Grover Cleveland
Wella College
Aurora
Poultry Care Tips From St. Louis Republic
Advice on managing lice with lime and kerosene spray, feed, cleanliness, and hen care. Notes stress bulking feed for young Quoka, delaying geese plucking, and using milk with chalk for diarrhea. Recommends grain at night for turkeys and a summer ration of wheat oats sweet milk and bran mash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Bicycles Stir Public Debate Across Cities
Clippings quote ministers and editors arguing about bicycles threaten civilization and traffic safety. While some call bikes romance saving fuel, others warn pedestrians face more danger as riders grow reckless and collisions rise in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gregory
Chicago Post
Baltimore
Memphis
Paterson Cal
Towering Structures Across Eras and Nations
A survey of architectural feats cites a Mengo Uganda church supported by over 200 trees and 100 men. the Manhattan Site tower in New York stands 350 feet high, eclipsing Trinity church steeple by 70 feet. Borgund Norway preserves an eleventh century wooden church. Babel’s tower myth is described as eight stacked square towers reaching 660 feet. Babylon is depicted as a 15 mile square with immense walls and height.
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Mengo
Uganda
Manhattan Site
New York City
Trinity Church
Borgund
Norway
Babylon
Household Hints From a Cautious Reader
A column offers simple cleaning tips such as drying towels before laundry, soaking a dirty pan in ammonia and water to clean it, and using turpentine to brighten patent feathers. It also suggests repairing wallpaper with a paste of soft molding clay and water, applied at night and brushed off in the morning.
Dwarf Casan Rises With Genghis Khan in Historic Tale
In a St Nichola s paper story Mrs Roberts recounts Casan the Tar tar dwarf joining Genghis Khan s army. He proves brave in battle on the river Irush as Khan elevates him to be a khan and commander, a notable rise from service under the Mongolian ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shears Roberts
St. Nicholas
Casan
Roberts
Genghis
China
Genghis Khai
Genghis Khan
Hea
Lung Ting
Irush
Arma
College Fashions in the Seventies at Harvard Yard
The piece describes freshmen enjoying emancipation with tall hats and canes on the first term Saturday, the yard life of 1870s Harvard, and fashion trends from gray soft hats to silk hats. It notes social scenes on Beacon Street, glee club songs, and a lively campus yard culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Bouton
Holworthy
Cambridge
Glee Club
Nelie
Harvard College
Robert Grant
Scribner's
Trumpeter Bacof fier's Brave Act in Africa Campaign
An account from Youth's Companion recounts a daring moment in an Africa campaign where Captain De Cott's horse falls and the trumpeter Escoffier sacrifices his own safety to save the captain. Escoffier is captured by Arabs who admire courage and entertain themselves with his signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Bacoffier
Chaiptain
de Cott
Escoffier
New Cure Claim From Dr Slocum for Consumption
An advertisement by Dr T A Slocum of New York claims a newly discovered remedy cures consumption and all bronchial throat and lung diseases. He offers three free bottles by mail to readers who send their address and notes the Tribune office. He invites readers to call and view correspondence stationery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eprron Tatswe-I
Express and Post Office
T. A. Slocum
M. D
Pine Street
New York
America
Washington
Munn &Co
Scientific American
Munn & CO
Broadway
Notice of desert land claim proof in Montana
Orpha Larivee and Jackson Montana filed notice of intention to prove a desert land claim No 3085 for the NW Sec and NEX Sec 20 TD 68 including irrigation and reclamation. Liable witnesses John A. Dixon Peter La Blanco Anton Jack of Jackson and Frank Carroll of Bannack listed for the September 11 hearing in Dillon Montana.
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United States Land Office
Mont
Jackson
Montana
Dillon
John A. Dixon
Peter la Blanco
Anton Jackor
Frank Carroll
Bannack
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Artificial Petroleum
Bunkeed
Casta
Harvard
T. A. Blocnm
Tf Denn
Ben Sche
Tribune
Bapaes
Branos
Curoxs
Triavxe Pus. Co
Dillon, Mont
D. C
Tripone
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
Falta
Mining and Scientific Press
San Francisco, Cal
Roat Bay
Seth
DR. 3
Salisbury
Ydardeitad
York
Des't
Stilial
Bing Co
Finenney, Fd
Dearhorn Be
Chicago
Desert
W. E. Cox
Register
Trisuns
Northwest
Premo
Rochester Optical
Rochester, N. Y
Truss Ham
Priladalpaia
Tarast Bey
Suek
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